Are you planning on using the "space station" as a long-term habitat,
i.e., without the ship docked? If so, I'd suggest a toilet of some sort
might be in order. 😂

On 8/10/21 6:27 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz - schwartz.jeffrey at gmail.com
(via tml list) wrote:
> So, I'm once more playing with virtual worlds and Traveller.
> Got my Type-S flying, pretty much done with the cockpit upgrades, but
> that made me want to practice docking.... and I needed a place to play
> with the scripts to override gravity when in free fall. And I wanted a
> place to have air pressure accidents and test the scripts for that.
>
> The storyline for the world I'm basing off of is a TL-5 local
> production capability with a small IISS waystation used for R&R and
> such. One of the things about coming off R&R is 'check rides' for
> newer crew to get certified in a skill.
>
> So for in-world fun, I thought about it, and made a bunch of steel
> sections (TL-5 steels...) that just fit in the cargo bay of the type
> S. Loft them to orbit, pull out, weld to the prior one and you've got
> a really primitive space station of around 18 dtons..
>
> There's a hatch at one end that mates to the Sierra's docking hatch.
>
> I stuck on a few off-world made solar panels, and painted the outside
> silver to reflect the sunlight, painted the inside with insulation.
> Stuck a garage air compressor to a CO2 scrubber, and ran it off
> batteries charged by the solar panels. Added a few O2 tanks for
> balancing as needed.
>
> There's a TL8 imported ham radio and a cheap microcontroller wired to
> it to help with docking. Added a fridge with some snacks in it, just
> for certifying the "Zero-G" skill (can prepare meals while floating)
>
> Which leads to my question for the group:
> Given a reasonable but small training budget, and access to a TL-5
> shopping mall/industrial base , what do you take to orbit and use to
> enhance this POS space station?
>
> If it's something for use inside the station, it needs to fit inside a
> stateroom.
> If it's for the outside, it needs to fit in the 3 dton bay.
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